Secret languages of Afghanistan and their speakers /

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This is a study of an almost inaccessible area of the intricate linguistic fabric of Afghanistan - namely, its secret codes of communication. The text draws on a profound knowledge of Afghanistan and neighbouring regions, as well as the cultural and sociolinguistic processes at work across Eurasia....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pstrusinska, Jadwiga (Autor)
Otros Autores: Lenard, Agata (Editor , Traductor), Young, Ben (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Polaco
Publicado: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013.
Temas:
Cant > Afghanistan.
Sociolinguistics > Afghanistan.
Cant > Afghānistān.
Sociolinguistique > Afghānistān.
Dialect, slang & jargon.
Sociolinguistics.
Bilingualism & multilingualism.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Alphabets & Writing Systems.
Cant
Language and languages
Sociolinguistics
Afghanistan > Languages.
Afghānistān > Langues.
Afghanistan
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • On the definition and nature of a secret language
  • The ethnolinguistic situation in Afghanistan
  • Polish research on the secret languages in Afghanistan
  • The secret languages of Afghanistan and their speakers
  • On the secret languages of the region
  • Ethnic languages functioning as secret ones
  • Sacred secret languages
  • On the social placement of the speakers of secret languages
  • Modes of encoding and secret vocabulary.

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